River · Washington · United States
The Hatchery
Kite days stay under 30 % in every month.
A kite day has at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 knots (gusts up to 45) between 10:00 and 19:00, in daylight. Percentages are the share of such days in each month, counted over 9 years.
- Prime 60 % and more
- Good 40 to 59 %
- Possible 20 to 39 %
- Off under 20 %
- No data hatched
- Ringed: this month
Prime also needs a good month in at least 7 of the 9 years, so one freak year cannot make a month Prime. A month with 60 %+ but fewer good years shows as Good.
Confidence lowGorge thermal wind: global weather models cannot resolve this local wind. Global weather models underestimate local thermal winds at lakes, gorges and some coasts. Shares its model grid cell with 3 nearby spots, so the numbers describe the area, not one beach.
Month by month
- Kite days
- 0 % Offabout 0 of 31 days
- Too light, kiteable, too strong
- Too light 100 %
- Kiteable 0 %
- Too strong 0 %
- Good years
- 0 of 9 years reached 50 % kite days
- Daylight
- 11.0 h
- Air
- 17 °Cdaily maximum, 16 °C during kite hours
- Rain
- 10 of 31with 1 mm or more
- In one sentence
In October, The Hatchery averaged 0 kite days out of 31 (0 %).
| Kite days% of days | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verdictshare plus good years | cold | cold | cold | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | cold | cold |
| Good yearsof 9, reached 50 % | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 |
| Daylighth | 9.1 | 10.3 | 11.9 | 13.5 | 14.9 | 15.7 | 15.3 | 14.1 | 12.6 | 11.0 | 9.5 | 8.8 |
| Air°C, daily maximum | 6 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 21 | 25 | 31 | 31 | 26 | 17 | 10 | 6 |
| Rain days1 mm or more | 19 of 31 | 16 of 28 | 15 of 31 | 12 of 30 | 9 of 31 | 5 of 30 | 1 of 31 | 2 of 31 | 5 of 30 | 10 of 31 | 16 of 30 | 18 of 31 |
- In January, The Hatchery averaged 0 kite days out of 31 (0 %).
- In February, The Hatchery averaged 0 kite days out of 28 (0 %).
- In March, The Hatchery averaged 0 kite days out of 31 (0 %).
- In April, The Hatchery averaged 1 kite days out of 30 (3 %).
- In May, The Hatchery averaged 2 kite days out of 31 (6 %).
- In June, The Hatchery averaged 1 kite days out of 30 (4 %).
- In July, The Hatchery averaged 1 kite days out of 31 (3 %).
- In August, The Hatchery averaged 1 kite days out of 31 (2 %).
- In September, The Hatchery averaged 1 kite days out of 30 (1 %).
- In October, The Hatchery averaged 0 kite days out of 31 (0 %).
- In November, The Hatchery averaged 0 kite days out of 30 (0 %).
- In December, The Hatchery averaged 0 kite days out of 31 (0 %).
Good year: at least half the days of that month were kite days. Trip odds are hidden here: at low confidence the model does not see this spot's wind well enough to count on. Best hours: the hours from 10:00 on when the wind most often reaches 12 to 35 knots. Rain day: 1 mm or more of rain.
Source: ECMWF IFS 9 km via Open-Meteo, hourly model wind, 2017 to 2025; water temperature 2023 to 2025. How we count kite days and trip odds
Trip odds at The Hatchery
Trip odds are hidden here: at low confidence the model does not see this spot's wind well enough to count on.
How the wind behaves
In May, the windiest month
- Too light 94 %
- Kiteable 6 %
- Too strong 0 %
Too light on 94 %, kiteable on 6 %, too strong on 0 % of days.
Share of kite days by wind direction, 16 sectors
Wind steadily from W (270°).
Kitesurfing at The Hatchery: quick answers
When is the best time to kitesurf at The Hatchery?
The Hatchery rarely gets kiteable wind in the model data: every month stays under 20 % kite days from 2017 to 2025.
Is The Hatchery windy in October?
Rarely. 0 % of days in October were kite days from 2017 to 2025, about 0 days in a typical October.
How many kite days does The Hatchery get in a year?
About 6 days a year were kite days from 2017 to 2025, out of 365. A kite day has at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 kn model wind between 10:00 and 19:00 in daylight, with gusts up to 45 kn.
Live forecast
The numbers above are long term averages. The forecast shows the next days.
Live forecast from Windy
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Spot facts
- Region
- Washington
- Country
- United States
- Water body
- River, from Natural Earth map data
- Nearest airport
- Portland International Airport (PDX), 82 km straight line. Flights are not sold here; this is for planning only.
- Time zone
- UTC-07:00 in October
- Coordinates
- 45.7230, -121.5590
- Model
- ECMWF IFS 9 km via Open-Meteo, hourly
Conditions, checked against kite guides
Water state, flat areas, waves and whether schools teach here, from kite sources, not from satellite images.
Not yet checked against kite guides. We research spot conditions one by one and show only what a kite source says.
Nearby kite spots in Washington
Kite days in October, % of days
- Chambers Bay
United States · 15 points more kite days than The Hatchery in October
15 %Kite days by month at Chambers Bay: Jan 14 %, Feb 20 %, Mar 14 %, Apr 17 %, May 8 %, Jun 9 %, Jul 2 %, Aug 3 %, Sep 6 %, Oct 15 %, Nov 15 %, Dec 11 % - Point Robinson
United States · 13 points more kite days than The Hatchery in October
13 %Kite days by month at Point Robinson: Jan 13 %, Feb 17 %, Mar 14 %, Apr 14 %, May 4 %, Jun 6 %, Jul 0 %, Aug 1 %, Sep 5 %, Oct 13 %, Nov 12 %, Dec 13 % - Ocean Shores
United States · 43 points more kite days than The Hatchery in October
43 %Kite days by month at Ocean Shores: Jan 59 %, Feb 52 %, Mar 53 %, Apr 63 %, May 57 %, Jun 49 %, Jul 43 %, Aug 34 %, Sep 38 %, Oct 43 %, Nov 59 %, Dec 57 % - Jetty Island
United States · 7 points more kite days than The Hatchery in October
7 %Kite days by month at Jetty Island: Jan 7 %, Feb 5 %, Mar 5 %, Apr 6 %, May 1 %, Jun 2 %, Jul 0 %, Aug 0 %, Sep 0 %, Oct 7 %, Nov 9 %, Dec 8 % - Whidbey Island
United States · 22 points more kite days than The Hatchery in October
22 %Kite days by month at Whidbey Island: Jan 31 %, Feb 20 %, Mar 25 %, Apr 25 %, May 9 %, Jun 9 %, Jul 1 %, Aug 5 %, Sep 12 %, Oct 22 %, Nov 28 %, Dec 26 % - Dogfish Point
United States · 22 points more kite days than The Hatchery in October
22 %Kite days by month at Dogfish Point: Jan 31 %, Feb 21 %, Mar 24 %, Apr 24 %, May 9 %, Jun 6 %, Jul 3 %, Aug 2 %, Sep 9 %, Oct 22 %, Nov 27 %, Dec 25 %
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kiteCOMPASS · method k3h-10to19-v1 · 2017 to 2025
Model wind: ECMWF IFS 9 km via Open-Meteo, hourly, 2017 to 2025. Water temperature: 2023 to 2025. Kite day: at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 kn model wind between 10:00 and 19:00 in daylight, with gusts up to 45 kn. Shares its model grid cell with 3 nearby spots, so the numbers describe the area, not one beach. Confidence: low.
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In October, 0 % of days at The Hatchery met the kiteCOMPASS kite day rule: at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 kn model wind between 10:00 and 19:00 in daylight, with gusts up to 45 kn (ECMWF IFS 9 km via Open-Meteo, hourly, 2017 to 2025). https://kitecompass.app/spot/the-hatchery
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